Experiencing Interruptions Fix for YouTube by NimblePanda

1.7 Stars out of 5

Review by Pastamania

Does not work ):

Developer response

Thanks for the review, and sorry YouTube stopped loading for you.

I tested this on a real Firefox setup and found the cause of the endless loading: running two ad blockers at once. With Ghostery and uBlock Origin both on, 7 of 8 test videos never loaded, whether this add-on was installed or not. With Ghostery switched off, all 8 played in about 4 seconds.

If you have a second ad blocker (Ghostery, AdBlock Plus, AdGuard or similar), keep uBlock Origin and turn the other one off, or pause it on youtube.com. We've just deployed a new version in 1.6.1 which now shows an orange "!" on the toolbar icon when a video is stuck loading, with an explanation in the popup.

If videos still won't load after that, please tell me which ad blockers you use and your Firefox version, and I'll look into it.

6 reviews

Rated 1 out of 5
by Firefox user 14652064, 15 days ago
Sorry but does not work, I gave it a chance for several weeks. Hope you get it working.
Rated 4 out of 5
by the glorp, 16 days ago
Extension is gradually improving itself with each update, occasional hiccups when it comes to music mixes (but I don't use it a lot anyways). I appreciate the receptive nature of the developer, and I have extreme enthusiasm and belief in you NimblePanda! Once the Music Mix hiccup gets fixed, you'll officially get my 5 Star! Lots of love and encouragement.
Developer response
posted 15 days ago
Thanks for the support! Whats the issue with music mixes? We aren't seeing the issue on our side. Feel free to email hello@nimblepanda.co.uk to share more detail.
Rated 2 out of 5
by Sanyog Jain, 23 days ago
I don't get the popup anymore neither the playback lock when I am signed in. However, the playback lock is still there when I open YouTube in InPrivate window. Is this intentional?

I am only using uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock along with this extension

Edit: I have already enabled the extension in Private Windows, yet it does not work. Also, does not work even when signed in. The playback lock is there albeit for a shorter period
Developer response
posted 17 days ago
Thanks for the detailed review. It's not intentional: Firefox doesn't run add-ons in private windows unless you allow it for each add-on. To turn it on, open about:addons, click Experiencing Interruptions Fix, and set "Run in Private Windows" to Allow. Version 1.8.0, on its way now, also shows this hint in the toolbar popup.
Rated 1 out of 5
by G0ran, a month ago
Does nothing.
Developer response
posted 17 days ago
Sorry it didn't work for you. Version 1.8.0 is on its way and blocks the "Experiencing interruptions?" popup earlier, in any language. If the popup still gets through, the add-on now spots it, resumes your video and offers a one-click report so I can fix that version too. If you're running a second ad blocker alongside uBlock Origin (Ghostery, AdBlock Plus, AdGuard), try pausing it on YouTube, as they often conflict.
Rated 1 out of 5
by Dan Wahlers, a month ago
Does not work! Does not block "Experiencing Interruptions" pop up.
Developer response
posted a month ago
Hi Dan, we've just deployed a fix for where multiple ad blockers are enabled and cause our plugin not to work. It will warn you if it finds multiple adblockers are causing the problem with YouTube. If you re-download, you should find this new version works. If it does, would you mind updating your review? Thanks.